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2023 Men's African Olympic Qualifier
African Hockey Road To Paris 2024
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
CityPretoria
Dates29 October – 5 November
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Tuks Astro
← 2019 (previous)

The 2023 Men's African Olympic Qualifier will be the fifth edition of the African qualification tournament for the men's field hockey event at the Summer Olympics. It will be held alongside the women's tournament in Pretoria, South Africa from 29 October to 5 November 2023.[1][2][3][4]

The winner of the tournament qualifies for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[5]

Qualification

Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified team
FIH World Rankings — — 2  South Africa
 Egypt
Northeast African Qualifying Tournament 6 June 2022 Cancelled[6] 2  Kenya
 Uganda
Northwest African Qualifying Tournament 25 August 2022 Cancelled[7] 2  Ghana
 Nigeria
FIH Central and South Africa Qualifying Tournament 31 August – 4 September 2022 Zimbabwe Harare 2  Zimbabwe
 Zambia
Total 8

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).[8]

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Africa (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinals
2  Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5–8th place semifinals
4  Uganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 29 October 2023. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[9]
(H) Hosts
29 October 2023
18:00
South Africa  v  Zimbabwe
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
29 October 2023
20:00
Nigeria  v  Uganda
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
30 October 2023
16:00
Zimbabwe  v  Uganda
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
30 October 2023
20:00
Nigeria  v  South Africa
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
1 November 2023
14:00
Zimbabwe  v  Nigeria
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
1 November 2023
23:00
South Africa  v  Uganda
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinals
2  Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5–8th place semifinals
4  Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 29 October 2023. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[9]
29 October 2023
12:00
Egypt  v  Kenya
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
29 October 2023
14:00
Ghana  v  Zambia
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
30 October 2023
10:00
Kenya  v  Zambia
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
30 October 2023
12:00
Ghana  v  Egypt
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
1 November 2023
16:00
Egypt  v  Zambia
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
1 November 2023
18:00
Kenya  v  Ghana
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 November
 
 
1st A
 
5 November
 
2nd B
 
 
 
2 November
 
 
 
1st B
 
 
2nd B
 
Third place
 
 
5 November
 
 
 
 
 
 

5–8th place semifinals

 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
2 November
 
 
3rd A
 
4 November
 
4th B
 
 
 
2 November
 
 
 
3rd B
 
 
4th A
 
Seventh place game
 
 
4 November
 
 
 
 
 
 

5–8th place semifinals

2 November 2023
14:45
3rd A M25 4th B
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
2 November 2023
17:00
3rd B M26 4th A
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria

Semifinals

2 November 2023
19:15
1st A M27 2nd B
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
2 November 2023
21:30
1st B M28 2nd B
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria

Seventh place game

4 November 2023
14:15
Loser 25 M30 Loser 26
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria

Fifth place game

4 November 2023
16:30
Winner 25 M31 Winner 26
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria

Third place game

5 November 2023
14:45
Loser 27 v Loser 28
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria

Final

5 November 2023
19:15
Winner 27 v Winner 28
Report
University of Pretoria, Pretoria

See also

References

  1. ^ webadmin (10 October 2023). "Final Match Schedule - African Hockey Road to Paris 2024". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. ^ @africanhockeyfederation (15 May 2023). "15 May 2023: Revised AfHF 2023 Events Roadmap New hosts & dates announced" – via Instagram.
  3. ^ @africanhockeyfederation (7 September 2023). "The African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 (M/W)..." – via Instagram.
  4. ^ "African Hockey Road to Paris Qualifier Confirmed". SA Hockey Association. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024".
  6. ^ "Revised AfHF Road Map 2022–2023". African Hockey Federation. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  7. ^ @afrhockey (25 August 2022). "Due to the late withdrawal of Sierra Leone Men's Team, this tournament was cancelled by the AfHF" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 (M/W) – Final Match Schedule". africahockey.org. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  9. ^ a b FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022
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